North Vietnam faces a harsh winter | News

12/18/2020 Vietnam



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The wave of cold air with an extremely strong intensity that affects the climate of the Northern and Central North provinces was warned in advance by the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

Crying since the beginning of winter

On December 14, the cold air directly affected the temperature of 10 to 12 degrees C. Survey in Hanoi at night and early in the morning, many workers, due to specific work, have to fight. And living in the lowest temperature, the coldest climate has the same feeling.
Mr. Hoang Van Nam (40 years old), a motorcycle taxi driver waiting for passengers on Xuan Thuy Street (Cau Giay district, Hanoi), said that for almost 7 years he kept the custom of starting driving from 6 am How strange the Hanoi winter is. But according to Mr. Nam, the cold this year is more severe, the cold wave since the beginning of winter has made hands and feet feel cold, despite wearing gloves. “In recent days towels, glasses, masks and gloves are essential personal items when leaving the inn to the street to pick up guests, but they are sealed from head to toe, every time the wind pulls me. I still feel cold, ”Nam said.
It was cold and there were no customers, many water stalls on the sidewalks of Hanoi had to make fires to attract visitors to drink water and heat. Photo: NGOC THANG

It was cold with no customers, many sidewalk water stalls in Hanoi had to build bonfires to attract customers to drink water and heat

Working as a security guard for a supermarket on Ho Tung Mau Street (Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi), Mr. Nguyen Van Lu (from Thai Binh) said that all night shifts are from 11 to 12 at night . it is “feeling cold bones”. A security guard, but not sitting in one place, is always mobilized to organize parking for guests. “It doesn’t work well if I move as much as possible, every night the wind blows a lot, I have to wear a raincoat to avoid the wind and avoid the cold,” said Mr. Lu.

Registered in the Lang Son provinces, Lao Cai are the localities with high mountain areas such as Mau Son (Lang Son); Fansipan, And Ty (Lao Cai) are warned of frost, frost, in recent days, the government and the population have also practiced the implementation of many measures to deal with cold and harmful cold.
A keep warm clothing and gloves shop in Hanoi attracts customers on cold and damaging days Photo: Hoai Trang

Clothing store, warm gloves in Hanoi attract customers on cold days

According to Mr. Vu Xuan Quy, Head of the Economic Department of Sa Pa City (Lao Cai), before this winter, the People’s Committee of Sa Pa City had a cold action plan to protect crops and cattle, when now the total herd of cattle is up to 22,500 buffalo and cows. Each buffalo and cow currently costs several tens of millions of dong, it is a great asset, so people consciously protect and minimize the grazing of cattle and buffalo outdoors on cold and damaging days. People actively reserve dry food and expand the grassland area to more than 100 hectares.

According to Mr. Vu Xuan Quy, in the highlands such as Dam Rong and Sa Pa and Ta Phin communes (Sa Pa city) there is a plan to evacuate the herds of buffalo and cows to the town of P. Coc San ( Lao Cai City) to avoid the cold in damaging cold days or icy snowfall.

The cold comes early and the winter is more severe

Responding to Thanh Nien, Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, Head of the Weather Forecast Department of the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center, said that since December 14, the northern provinces have been affected by a strong northeast monsoon. Due to the influence of the strong cold air, combined with the strong currents on the upper atmosphere, as of December 15, the northern provinces were cloudy, causing the first wave of cold and damaging cold this winter.

According to the statistics of the last days, the lowest temperature in the morning in the delta is only 10-12 degrees Celsius. In Hanoi, the morning of December 18, the temperature drops below 11 degrees C. In Mau Son (Lang Son) It was recorded at 0.8 degrees C followed from December 17 to 18, 3.8 degrees Celsius less than December temperature. In Sa Pa (Lao Cai), the lowest temperature was 4 degrees. C, which is 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than the December 2019 temperature.
Inhabitants of the highland communes of H. Si Ma Cai (Lao Cai province) brought buffalo to the lowlands to avoid the cold Photo: P.Hau

Inhabitants of the highland communes H.Si Ma Cai (Lao Cai province) brought buffalo to the lowlands to avoid the cold

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, the cold snap in December 2019 occurred due to heat emission, so the temperature only dropped at night, while it was still sunny during the day and the temperature was popular for above 20 degrees C, the difference between the day. and the night is quite big, so it is not as cold as this year. This year’s cold snap is influenced by intense cold air and cloudy weather, so the difference between day and night temperatures is not high. Specifically, the lowest temperature at night is around 10 to 12 degrees Celsius, while the highest temperature during the day is only 14 to 16 degrees Celsius, and with high humidity, people feel that it is colder. “We note that this is also the cold snap that comes before the average time of many years, the damaging cold generally falls on the last 10 days of December each year,” Huong said.

Commenting on the weather trend in winter this year, Mr. Huong emphasized that in the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center’s seasonal forecast report from a few months ago, there were warnings, winter 2020-2021 will be colder than the winter 2019 – 2020. In particular, severe and damaging cold spells will be most concentrated in January and February 2021.

“We anticipate that in January 2021, when the monthly average temperature is 0.5 to 1.0 degrees C lower than the many-year average, this period will be a period of time with high probability in mountainous regions. Extreme weather events such as frost and snow occurred in the North. Currently, forecasting techniques do not allow extreme events to be forecast for a long time and it is not until the moment that we can forecast and give warnings, ”said Mr. Huong. .

The low pressure area near the South China Sea is likely to turn into a storm.

On December 18, the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting said that near the East Sea, an area of ​​low pressure that is likely to turn into a tropical depression when it enters the South China Sea, and continues to strengthen into a storm .

At 1:00 p.m. the same day, the central location of the low-pressure area was between 6.9 and 7.9 degrees north latitude and 126.8 to 127.8 degrees east longitude. The low pressure area is expected to move in a northwesterly direction in the next 24 hours, at about 25 km per hour. At 1:00 p.m. this afternoon (December 19), the center of the low pressure zone was located in the waters of the southern Philippines. During the next 24 to 48 hours, the low pressure area moves in a northwesterly direction, every hour it travels 20-25 km, enters the East Sea and is likely to become a tropical depression. For the next 48 to 72 hours, the tropical depression moves west, then has the ability to change direction to move southwest, every hour to travel 20 to 25 km, and possibly to become a storm.

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